Jian Wang
Violin, Musical Artist
1968 –
Who is Jian Wang?
Jian Wang is a Chinese cellist. Wang currently has an international career but is based mainly in London and his hometown Shanghai. Born in Xi'an, Wang began to study the cello with his father when he was four. He entered the affiliated primary school of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music at the age of 9. While a student at the Conservatory, he was featured in the celebrated documentary film From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China. Mr Stern's encouragement and support paved the way for him to go to the United States and in 1985 he entered the Yale School of Music under a special programme where he studied with the renowned cellist Aldo Parisot.
Jian Wang has since performed with many of the world’s leading orchestras including the Cleveland, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston and Detroit Symphonies, Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, London Symphony, the BBC Symphony, Zurich Tonhalle, Gothenburg Symphony, Stockholm Philharmonic, Santa Cecilia, La Scala, Mahler Chamber, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, Czech Philharmonic, and NHK Symphony.
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- Born
- 1968
China - Also known as
- Wang, Jian
- Education
- Yale School of Music
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on July 23, 2013
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